portraitsofsaints: Happy Feast DaySaint Teresa of AvilaDoctor of the Church1515 - 1582Feast Day: Oct
portraitsofsaints: Happy Feast DaySaint Teresa of AvilaDoctor of the Church1515 - 1582Feast Day: October 15Patronage: bodily ills; headaches; lacemakers; loss of parents; people in need of grace; people in religious orders; people ridiculed for their pietySt. Teresa of Ávila, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be a founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with John of the Cross. {website} -- source link